Chhath Puja 2025 Bihar Ritual Timings

Chhath Puja, which is among the most dedication feasts in the state of Bihar and the Eastern regions of India is coming closer in the year 2025. This is an ancient Vedic festival, a celebration of the Sun God (Surya Dev) and Chathi Maiya which is devoted to the devotion and appreciation and a harmonious interconnection between man and nature. In the process of arranging to indulge in this spiritually boosting festival, it is necessary to know precisely the dates, time and rituals so as to observe them appropriately.

Chhath Puja 2025

The Chath Puja festival will enjoy the four days between 25-28 October in 2025 will also conveniently turn out to be a three day weekend holiday as well as a few days holiday. The actually observed Chhath Puja will be on Monday, October 27, 2025, the day when the day-time offerings to the setting sun will be made. The timing of this year presents a perfect chance to working Indians and people residing in the metro cities of India to drive back to Bihar and spend this treasured occasion with their family members.

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Day-Wise Ritual Schedule and Timings

Day 1: Nahay Khay – Saturday, October 25, 2025

One of the festivals starts with Nahay Khay that means bath and eat. This day is the beginning of physical and spiritual cleansing which preconditions hard days of fasting.

Rituals:

• The enthusiasts plunge into sacred rivers. More specifically at the beginning of the day, they will carefully dip into sacred rivers and other water bodies.
• The houses are well-cleaned and sanitised.
• Satvik simple, and pure vegetarian food is cooked in the absence of onion and the absence of tamasic contents like garlic.
• They only eat one meal on this day usually rice, dal and bottle gourd (lauki) curry.
• The cooking water is usually drawn out of the holy river.

Significance: Today is the day for mental and physical cleanse as well as prepare the body for the upcoming strict fasting rituals.

Day 2: Kharna (Lohanda) – Sunday, October 26, 2025

Kharna, also known as Lohanda, is the second day and involves one of the most challenging fasts of the festival.

Rituals:

• Strict fasting (nirjala vrat) is followed by devotees since sunrise, even the drop of water is not allowed to pass to the mouth.
• The fast lasts all day till the sunset.
• The fast is broken after the evening prayers and worships to Sun God with prasad.
• Vegetable prasad consists of kheer ( rice pudding always prepared using jaggery), rotis and bananas.
• The prasad is made without salt and presented to the members of the family and neighbours.
• Devotees and others who come to break the fast then embark on the process of 36-hours nirjala (waterless) fast which fares until the Usha Arghya is completed.

Timing: Though the precise time will depend on local sunset times, the fast-breaking ceremony usually takes place after sunset, between 6:00 and 7:00 PM.

Significance: Kharna depicts tenacity and loyalty, testing followers' mental and physical strength while cleansing the body and psyche.

Day 3: Sandhya Arghya (Evening Offerings) – Monday, October 27, 2025

Fans offer prayers to the setting sun on the third day of Chhath Puja, which is also the most important and visually amazing day.

Rituals:

• Devotees continue to keep the 36-hour fast, which involves no food or drink.
• In the evenings, families gather by unique ghats, riverbanks, or ponds.
• Prasad, fruits, thekua, or (a traditional dessert), and other gifts are put within classic bamboo vases (daura) and trays (soop).
• Devotees stand in the water facing a setting sun
• Arghya (water offerings) are made to the setting sun using particular prayers and mantras
• Throughout the evening, cultural melodies known as Chhath geet are sung.
• Around the temple area, diyas (or earthen lights) are lit, creating a lovely mood.

Timing for Sandhya Arghya: The act of offering up is usually made between 5:15 and 6:00 p.m., when the sun is setting. To properly complete the rituals, believers should be in the sea at least 15 to 20 minutes earlier to the real sunset.

Significance: The evening arghya is a moment to show thanks to the Sun God for keeping life on Earth alive and to pray for favors in the form of riches, health, and happiness.

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Day 4: Usha Arghya (Morning Offerings) – Tuesday, October 28, 2025

The last day of Chhath Puja involves giving prayers to the rising sun, observing the completion of the festival.

Rituals:

• The believers get at the water bodies earlier than sunrise; they keep on their fast.
• Ministerials like on the past night have been prepared and set up.
• The rising sun is presented with prayers of gratitude with Arghya.
• Following the morning prayers, followers remove their fast which may have lasted 36 hours by eating prasad.
• Family, friends and others in the community eat the prasad.
• They invite blessings by old people and gods.

Timing for Usha Arghya: Arghya that must be taken in the morning It must be done on sunrise (generally..), between 6:00 caused by AM and 6:45 caused by AM. The followers need to reach at the ghat early before the sun sets in order to organise rituals.

Significance: Usha Arghya is used as the symbol of the invitations of new arrivals, re-of life, and the realisation of the spiritual path which people announce at the festival.

Important Timings Summary for Bihar 2025

Note: Exact times may vary greatly based on your unique location in Bihar. It's advised to verify local panchang for specific sunset and dawn hours.

Essential Preparation Tips

For Devotees:

• Protect your emotional, physical and mental prep at least one week ahead to the event.
• Keep your brain, soul and the natural world clean and pure.
• Make all the needed puja tools (bamboo baskets, fruits, thekua, etc.) to advance.
• Travel to Bihar, early booking of flight tickets because the transport is highly congested.
• Drink plenty of water within this first two days, so as to get your body ready to do without water.

For Families:

• Edible goods such as thekua, which are coconuts, seasonal fruit and sugar cane should be prepared early toward the time of the Purnima festival.
• Let the house be clean and solely cheer the environment of worship.
• Make travelling arrangements to the closest ghat or water body.
• Collect folk songs and initiate younger members of the family in learning about the Chhath songs.

Spiritual and Cultural Significance

Chhath Puja is not just a religious festival it is a festival of life, nature and appreciation. Valuing nature is one of the preoccupations of the rituals, and the worship of nature should not make hold of the construction of burial temples or the mediation of priests. The festival fosters unity within the community since whole communities gather in ghats, sing folk songs and encourage one another through the stringent process of fasting. It is supposed to make the body one with solar energy and the festival is said to cleanse the system and enhance the bonding with the cosmic forces by the devotees. According to what many believe, the strict practise of the Chhath Puja has been fruitful with affluence, good health and happiness to the families besides satisfying the desires of healthy children.

Conclusion

Chhath Puja will be held in 2025 in Bihar and it is bound to be a spiritually enriching festival that would unite millions of devotees in prayer, devotion, and gratitude. Devotees have the ability to benefit as much of the spiritual aspects of this ancient festival as possible following the proper timeline of the rituals and by being devoted to the observance of the traditions. In socio-cultural terms, you could be taking your first-time or you could be following tradition, whichever be the case, we wish you and the dear people in your lives the best of luck and a Chhath Puja!